Fixture



E. S. DENK July 1o, 1934.

FIXTURE Filed NOV. 12 1931 40! mi vwwml 25206725077 Z7 @Zen Patented July il), 1934 UNITD STATES PATENT FFICE 4 Claims.

The invention relates to iixtures and is particularly adapted to be embodied in clothes hooks, soap dishes, towel racks, etc.

The backs of iixtures which embody the invention are preferably provided with perforate members. The iixtures may be mounted in a wall, or the like, by embedding the perforate members in cement or the equivalent. Thus, in a preferred form oi the invention, iixtures having perforato back members are mounted in a tiled Wall as follows: A tile, or a portion thereof, is removed from the wall to leave a recess therein. The recess is lled with cement, or the like, and the perforate back member of the fixture is pressed l5 into the cement before it has set. rThe back inember becomes embedded in the cement and when it sets, the fixture is rigidly secured to the wall. The fixture preferably over-laps the hole in the wall so that a neat and attractive result is ob- 2O tained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fixture ernbodying one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section taken through a wall and it illustrates the method preferably employed to mount the fixture shown in Figure 1 in a tiled wall.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a fixture which embodies another form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section through a wall and the fixtures shown in Figure 3, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section view of a fixture which embodies still another form of the invention.

Referring for the present to Figures 1 and 2 wherein a part of the embodiment of the ivention is illustrated, the reference character l0 designates generally a clothes hook, or the equivalent, which may be formed from cast metal and coated with porcelain. The hook 10 comprises a base 11 which has integral posts 12 projecting from its back surface. Secured to the posts 12 is a perforate back member 13, the perforations being shown at 14. Screws 15, or the equivalent, are preferably employed to secure perforate back 45 member 13 to the post 12. It will be noted that in this instance, the perforate back member 13 is in the form of a iiat perforate plate.

Figure 2 illustrates the method which is preferably practiced to mount the fixture 10 in a 50 illed wall. The Wall is shown at 18 and comprises a facing of tile 19. One of the tiles has been removed to provide a recess 20. The recess 20 being iilled with cement 21, or the equivalent. The perforate plate or perforate back member 13 is embedded in the cement 21 and rigidly secures CII (Cl. l2-101) the hook 10 to the wall. The base 11 of the hook 1D preferably extends beyond the edges of the depression 20 and covers the joint between the cement 21 and the adjacent tiles 19. In practicing the improved method, the depression 20 is rst 60 lled with cement and perforate back member 13 is then pressed into the cement before it has set.

Referring now to Figures 3 and 4, the reference character 25 designates generally the soap dish comprising a soap receptacle 26 and an out- 65 wardly extending ange 27. The soap dish 25 may be made of any suitable material and preierably comprises a porcelain coated casting which is provided with rearwardly projecting posts 28 to which a coarse wire mesh 29 is se- 'm cured by screws 30, or the equivalent. In Figure 4, the soap dish 25 is shown mounted in a hollow wall 31. The soap dish 25 is mounted in a hollow wall 31 by forming an aperture 32 therefor in the wall. A quantity of paper or excelsior or any other suitable material 33 is then packed in the hollow Wall and is utilized to support a quantity of cement 34 which is inserted into the wall through the aperture 32. Before the cement 34 has set, the soap dish 25 is pressed into the cement 34 in such manner that the wire mesh 29 becomes embedded therein. Obviously, the iixture 25 will be rigidly secured to the wall.

Still another form of the invention is illustrated in Figure 5. This form of the invention is embodied in a soap dish 40 formed of sheet metal. Secured to the back of the soap dish 40 is a perforate plate 41. Any suitable means may be provided for securing the plate 41 to the soap dish 40 but is preferably provided with iianges go 42 which are spot-welded to the soap dish.

It will be readily understood that the soap dish 40 may be mounted in the wall in substantially the same manner as the soap dish 25 is shown mounted in the wall 31.

I claim:

1. A fixture comprising a base, posts projecting from the back surface of said base, and a perforate member secured to said posts.

2. A fixture adapted to be permanently mounted in a wall recess comprising: a base-member having marginal portions adapted to overlap the marginal edge portions of the recess, a substantially iiat, thin member in spaced relation to the back surface of said base-member adapted to be inserted in said recess and to become embedded in cement therein, and means securing said thin member to said base-member.

3. A Wall fixture comprising: a base-member, and a coarse wire screen iixedly mounted in los spaced relation to said base-member and adapted to be embedded with cement in a wall-recess.

4. A xture adapted to be mounted in a Wall recess comprising: a base-member and an an- 5 Chor-member, said anchor member comprising a relatively thin perf orate member secured in spaced 

